iPad useage overseas?

[CPGoldstein]

Hi friends,

I am a member of People-to-People, an organization which takes students around the world to learn about culture, etc. I am either headed back to Australia/New Zealand (I love it there - wish my wife and I could move here!) or back to Europe (also love it here!)

My question is, can I use my 3G/WiFi iPad that I have registered in the states (Georgia) and use it overseas and not have any issues? And when I mean issues, I mean connectivity, pricing, etc.

Has anyone used theirs overseas?

Thanks!

-CP

 

[graywolf]

I haven't taken my iPad overseas, so I'm not totally sure, but I know that many countries use gsm which is the radio band that at&t uses. So in theory, 3G should work. (once again I'm not sure) but if you find a wifi hotspot then you should have no problem connecting to the Internet.

 

[workinonit]

I'm from New York, and flew over to Ireland for Christmas (still here).
I went into the Vodaphone store, and bought a micro sim, and swapped out my AT&T sim.
The girl set me up and I was good to go, and have been using it for the past few weeks.

It's a small town, and the girl wasn't aware that Vodaphone had iPad specific pay as you go plans. She set me up under the €30 a month unlimited data mobile broadband, pay as you go plan.

After being online I perused the Vodaphone site and saw that they did have iPad specific plans that were cheaper, however there were bandwidth caps on those plans.

I know O2 also works with iPads. Since my Irish cellphone is on O2, I initially looked for an O2 dealer. None in this town, and I didn't want to wait till the next day to take a ride into Galway.

 

[peled]

Great answer from "workinout"
and regarding WiFi. It is an international standard, so no problem here.

 

[J.D]

Yes you will be able to use it anywhere, worldwide on Wi-Fi if you can find a hotspot... download the Wi-Fi Finder and it will show you local hotspots for Internet access where ever you are. As for 3G, you should be able to use this but it could be expensive.